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A Little Roundup 05.08.23

5/8/2023

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Olympic Sports Athletes Have Been In The Headlines

Vladyslav Koval's 'lightning quick adjustment' has been pivotal to Team Ukraine's surprising rise in curling, despite the odds against success amidst the current war from Russia.
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Vladyslav Koval (Iain Jamieson/WCF)
Yes, that was a brand-new Rolex watch tennis' Roger Federer was wearing at the Met Gala last week.

American Amanda Anisimova is the latest tennis star to address challenges maintaining mental health.

Athletics Weekly: High jump legend Blanka Vasic talks mechanics of the event: 'speed, power, timing, and great judgement'.

"I found my peace back on the track." Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has a season-opening win.

Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith unveils a 'Styled by Dina' collection partnership with Nike.

Canada Soccer gets a new president in former track sprinter Charmaine Crooks.

Is Team New Zealand's women's soccer squad currently in 'the most important training camp in the history of NZ sport'?

Double Olympic gold medalist and NBA basketball legend Charles Barkley has strong opinions...on radio.

Months later, snow boarder Maisie Hill is 'thankful' for an almost-tragic training accident.

The European Olympic Committee's finalists for the 'Piotr Nurowski Best Young European Athlete' winter edition award include snowboarder Mia Brookes, ski mountaineer Eric Canovi, ice hockey player Nela Lopusanova, biathlete Oleksandra Merkushnya, and figure skater NIna Pinzarrone.

Biathlon World: 'What's next for newly retired biathletes?'

Tokyo 2020 wrestling gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock makes a big career move toward with WWE.

"I made a mistake, like anyone else." Volleyball star Wallace de Souza doesn't understand the severity of his 'mistake'.

Who is on Team USA's luge squad for the 2023-24 season?

Team Ireland's road cyclist Eddie Dunbar has hopes for a top ten finish at the Giro d'Italia despite a 'season disrupted' by injury.

'One of the most unpredictable and artistic B-boys in the world', Team Kazakhstan's B-boy Amir talks his 'unique style in breaking' with Olympics.

Visit a 'day in the life' of champion speed skater Jordan Stolz.

"Dream big. Execute small." Team USA's speed skater Erin Jackson has commencement words of wisdom in Gainesville, Florida.

Water polo Olympic medalist Holly Young goes back to school to inspire a younger generation with Olympics Unleashed.

Figure skater-turned broadcaster Johnny Weir is back as Eurovision host for U.S. audiences in 2023.

Meanwhile, current Team USA star Ilia Malinin wades uncomfortably into comments on the societal stereotypes of figure skating.

More figure skating: Retired ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani share Asian Pacific Islander successes in their new children's book.

Team Canada's Haven Wong joins the Off the Podium podcast to share 'why handball is such an incredible sport', and more.

Gymnast Zoja Szekely finds "confidence and motivation" from recent European Championship success.

Watch a little of a typical day of training for Nils Stump, 'the great Swiss hope' for a medal at the 2023 World Judo Championships.

World champion swimmer David Popovici did what with his gold medal, now? (in Japanese, worth a Google Translate...)

Will Florian Wellbrock win the men's 1500-meter freestyle at this summer's World Championships?

Open water swimmer Esteban Enderica seeks to validate his past Pan American success this summer in Santiago, as well as keeping an eye on Paris 2024 qualification. (in Spanish)
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Esteban Enderica (Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano)
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A Little Roundup 04.13.23

4/13/2023

 

Following Olympic Sport Athletes In The News...

Team Ukraine divers Oleksiy Sereda, Stanislav Oliferchyk, Oleksandr Horshkovozov, Kseniya Baylo and Anna Pysmenska publish an emotional plea to World Aquatics to continue a ban against Russian participation in sport.
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Oleksiy Sereda (Getty Images)
Team Iran's quest for a three-peat of Asian championships in men's volleyball begins in earnest with Volleyball Nations League training against Team Serbia.

Rising equestrian dressage star Greta Mason prepares for a key competition debut with the help of veteran Gareth Hughes.

World Aquatics: 'Precocious would be an understatement when referring' to Team USA water polo star Emily Ausmus.

Triple Olympic modern pentathlete Aya Medany gets a new role with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa.

Ready to 'share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and detained in Russia', basketball star Brittney Griner puts pen to paper.

Netflix's The Redeem Team documentary on Team USA basketball at Beijing 2008 lands an Emmy nom.

Team USA stars Sue Bird (basketball) and Megan Rapinoe (soccer) headline a group of Olympic sport athletes urging U.S. legislative action against discrimination in sport.

Fellow Team USA star Becky Sauerbrunn reiterates her support for equal pay and anti-discrimination.

Sinead Farrelly finds herself in a potentially awkward role on Team Ireland's women's squad as she and her coach deal with fallout from a soccer abuse scandal.

Miguel Alvarino and Elia Canales are ready to lead Team Spain's archery recurve team this season, as Olympic qualification possibilities approach.

How did figure skater Kaori Sakamoto find success after a 'rocky showing' post-Beijing 2022?

Figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Tessa Virtue, along with ice hockey legend Hayley Wickenheiser, are just a few of the Canadians censured by Russia.

The recent International Day of Sports for Development and Peace allowed Tokyo 2020 Refugee Team road cyclist Masomah Ali Zasa to reiterate the plight of female athletes in her Afghanistan home.

Olympic swimmer Brooke Hansen takes her personal story of motivation through adversity to schoolchildren as part of 'Olympics Unleashed'.

Runners Mary Cain and Billy Mills, biathlete Kelsey Dickinson, along with Paralympian Tyler Merren honored with Team USA Community Champions Awards.

The New Yorker: 'Why were two female running champions killed in Kenya'?

Judoka Saeid Mollaei has shown 'a different side' using judo's 'core principles' in his new home within Team Azerbaijan.

Count rising tennis star Holger Rune as excited to play for Team Denmark in international competition.

Rower Shaun Kirkham returns to his pre-Tokyo 2020 training base on Lake Biwa to help promote the region's Olympic legacy.

"I'm one of the very lucky and blessed cases." CNN looks at Rio 2016 champion Helen Maroulis' path back from a psychiatric ward to the wrestling mat.
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Helen Maroulis (Getty Images)

Let's Get Social 04.11.23

4/11/2023

 

Let's See What Olympic Sports Stars Are Up To On Social Media...

Lewis Clarebut got outside for a bit.
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Pita Taufatofua hangs out in paradise.
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Laura Nolte took a sunny stroll.
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Josefina Tapia hits the beach.
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Charlie Siragusa for the win in Tahiti...
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A Little Roundup 03.23.23

3/23/2023

 

Which Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The News?

Fencer Olga Kharlan is feeling the 'disappointment, anger, and injustice' of her international federation;s decision to allow Russian participation in World Cup events.
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Olga Kharlan (Olga Kharlan Instagram)
Maksim Galininichev: A Youth Olympic boxer is killed by Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Close to seven years on, the pain of having his 'dreams stolen' by judges is still there for Team China's Rio 2016 boxer Lu Bin.

"Pinching myself": Katie Taylor is thrilled to have her first pro boxing match in Ireland finally scheduled.

Wassila Lkhadiri, Sadia Bromand, Jennifer Peters, and Thandolwethu Truelove Mathiba are just some boxers with backstories highlighted by IBA​.

​"I'm obsessed with giving my all, even at the risk of failing": Rising Team Italy teenage gymnast Riccardo Villa has a simple strategy.

Nordic combined veteran Eric Frenzel reflects on his tenure and his sport as his career comes to a close at this season's end. (in German)

IJF: Eteri Iparteliani is a judo 'pioneer' whose successes are inspiration for fellow Georgian "great warriors".

Was Olympic rower Ted Nash an abuser as a coach? A former student names him as so.

Former competitive rower Louis Margot has a big goal: to be the fastest man 'to circumnavigate the world under human power'.

Meanwhile, as rower Till Martini 'pursues his athletic passion', he's doing so as an out LGBTQ competitor.

Team Uruguay athletes Emiliano Lasa (long jump) and Maria Pia Fernandez (middle-distance running) join the season four cast of Masterchef Celebrity. (in Spanish)

New Zealand middle-distance running Olympian Zane Robertson blames a Covid-19-related mixup for his positive drug test.

So just why was NBA legend and Atlanta 1996 Olympian Shaquille O'Neal in the hospital?

"I am honored to be part of this journey." 3x3 basketball player Marcus Alipate feels "blessed" to represent Team Tonga on the world stage.

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy is in conversation with Numero magazine: X Games, retirement, LGBTQ milestones, and more.

Freestyle skiing aerials veteran Xu Mengtao looks ahead to another Winter Games, where she hopes to "transcend" past results.

Back from injury, is this Carlos Alcaraz's 'part of the season' on the ATP tennis tour?

The Miami Open's tennis stars - including Tokyo 2020 champ Belinda Bencic - 'unite' for a variety of causes in the days leading up to the tournament.

"Why is ending racism a debate?" Olympics.com speaks with field hockey player Darcy Bourne.

'Precocious' is how FINA sees Team USA water polo star Emily Ausmus, only 17 years old and a 'key' member of the senior team.

Could young soccer star Folarin Balogun be a table tennis star, too?

Despite worsening conditions for women back home, Tokyo 2020 road cyclist Masomah Ali Zada holds out hope that Afghanistan is able to participate at Paris 2024.
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UCI checks in on cycling star Mathieu van der Poel, who's 'always in search of fun on his bike'.

Inside Skating features an extensive interview on pairs figure skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara with their coach Bruno Marcotte: 'they never stopped believing and dreaming'.
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Riku Miura (r) and Ryuichi Kihara (ISU)

A Little Roundup 03.20.23

3/20/2023

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Athletics Weekly looks at how some Ukrainian track & field athletes such as runner Yarolslava Yastreb struggle to train while living under the Russian war against their home.
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Yarolslava Yastreb (c/o Athletics Weekly)
Il Foglio has an interview with Team Ukraine's rhythmic gymnast Viktoriia Onopriienko, who is 'stronger than war'. (in Italian, subscription)

'Being teammates just comes naturally' for Team USA curlers - and sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson.

Yahoo: Alpine skiing champion Marco Odermatt is "too empty" to celebrate his record season.

Could Alpine skier Sofia Goggia catch Lindsey Vonn's record of eight downhill World Cup overall titles? "We will try."

The International Swimming Hall of Fame announces its class of 2023 honorees across swimming (including Michael Phelps, Kosuke Kitajima, Kristy Coventry, and more), artistic swimming, diving (Wu Mingxia), water polo, and more.

"Shocked" is how swimmer Katie Douglass felt about a recent NCAA title win.

Team Zambia Olympians Stephen Zimba and Patrick Chinyemba (boxing) joined judokas Rita Kabinda and Taonga Soko to help develop sports skills in the next generation.

Former Olymoic judoka Kayla Harrison sees positives ahead even after a first, recent MMA loss.

Olympic gymnast Joel Plata gives an update following a serious traffic accident that left him with a fractured femur and more.

International Gymnast checks in on the 'aesthetics and grit that exemplifies' Brooklyn Moors' routines.

Two-time Olympic badminton player Leanne Choo has embraced 'her passion for coaching' with Team Australia as Paris 2024 approaches.

Team USA golfer Nelly Korda finds herself a fan of the mixed team event competitions.

Here's a look back at GQ Sports' feature on Crystal Dunn, her triumphant return to Team USA soccer and her sights set on this summer's World Cup. 

"Every place is my happy place, if I can climb it", says sports climber Janja Garnbret.

Why is sailing champion Eilidh McIntyre retiring? To go out on top...

BBC introduces us to trailblazers Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi, Afghans risking all to pursue road cycling.

Team Latvia road cycling athletes Tomas Skujinas and Kristas Neilands, and tennis player Jelena Ostapenko get a reprieve from a funding ban.

Tennis star Coco Gauff set for a TV acting debut on All American: Homecoming.

​Sydney 2000 basketball star Alonzo Mourning has a 'letter to (his) younger self'.

Who are some of the elite triathletes to watch with Paris 2024 in mind as the new season begins?

Team USA bobsledders earn recognition as the "Citizen Athlete" documentary gets awarded at the Mammoth Film Festival.

Olympics: Is this the final season for Team Canada ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier?

Get to know Andrew Torgashev, who's preparing for his surprise debut at the World Figure Skating Championships this week.

Team Australia rower Georgia Nesbitt is 'in stable condition' after a cycling incident has her in a coma.

What race did sprint champion Maurice Greene think was his hardest?

Meanwhile, present sprint world champion Fred Kerley looks to Usain Bolt as the 100m 'gold standard'.

Looking past a 'catastrophic' injury, Canadian Tokyo 2020 champion Damian Warner has eyes on a decathlon world record.

Josephus Lyles talks coming out of his brother and fellow sprinter Noah's shadow.

Double Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu stops by the Pivot Podcast to talk Olympics, track, and more.

NCAA sprinter Julien Alfred offers thoughts on her career rise in the sport to Spikes magazine.

Can Brian Pintado follow in fellow Team Ecuador and Atlanta 1996 champion race walker Jefferson Perez's footsteps with global competition success?
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Jefferson Perez (AFP/Getty)
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